Get this: Garrett Jones hit a homer to right field and a Cubs fan — a visiting Cubs fan, as this game was played in PNC Park — threw the ball back out onto the field. I know that Pirates fans have had a lot of the fight taken out of them these past 17 years, but I hope against hope that a few of them came together to beat the living crap out of that punk. Um, figuratively speaking, that is. You know, with sharp bon mots and stuff.
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From a summary of the Pirates’ 2-1 win over the Cubs on Monday, in Craig Calcaterra’s daily “And That Happened” post at The Hardball Times.
(For the record, as a Cub fan who HATES the tradition of rejecting opponents’ home-run balls after they’ve landed in the bleachers, I support Calcaterra’s call for a beating, using bon mots or otherwise.)
